Author's Note: Boats and Joes. Joes and boats. Look at him and his animal-ness.

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 Iskall's POV:

 It was still weird seeing fish swim in and out of the shops. The weirder part was seeing a boat floating in the distance. It was far enough away that those on Grian's base wouldn't be able to see if from the surface. 

 " Who do you think is in the boat?" Mumbo asked to no one in particular. I shrugged my shoulders. Grian started to swim up to the boat, " LAST ONE THERE LOSES THREE DIAMONDS!" he shouted. 

 " YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THREE DIAMONDS!" I shouted with a laugh as we all bolted to the top. I was non-surprisingly the first one out of the water. Grian came second, and Mumbo came last. 

 Mumbo let out a sigh, " I'll pay you when I get my legs back...." he smirked awkwardly. The dolphin hermit went on to briefly mumble about his spoon-y flippers being awkward to function at high speeds.

 The three of us laughed at each other. We swam over to the boat, and Grian looked inside with his ear fins perked up, " It's Joe!" he beamed as he showed his multiple sharp teeth. Mumbo and I looked into the boat.

 Joe's body had changed as well, but he actually wasn't a mer-person. The American's legs had changed to be brown and sleek fur with small black webbed feet at the end. His hands were the same way, and his arms had small tuffs of the same fur. Joe's nose had what looked like black soot on it, but it was apart of his face. 

 The hermit rolled over in his boat and breathed carefully. It was a shame that we needed to wake him from this slumber. I looked at Mumbo, " You should probably be the one to wake him." I whispered as he tilted his head.

 Mumbo frowned at me, " Why must I do it?" he questioned as he ran his hand over his mustache. I quickly explained to him that Grian and I had claws and webbed hands. This caused Mumbo to sigh, but he soon nodded and gently shook the sleeping Joe's shoulder. 

 Joe made a weird sound as he closed opened his eyes, " Must you wake me when the world has already swallowed up by the sea?" he mumbled in a tired way. The hermit looked at us and raised his eyebrows, " Well, " he pulled himself out and let his flat, black tail go into the water, " This just gets more n' more interesting now does it?" he fixed his glasses.

 " You perked up really quickly." Grian tilted his head as Joe nodded. I crossed his arms over my chest, " How did you transformation go Joe?" I asked him as he looked over at me. He looked down as his hands and legs. 

 The hermit let out a sigh and looked down towards hermitcraft. Joe went on to talk about how his hands were the first things to change. He continued to speak about curling up in the boat and waiting it out. 

 The three of us looked at each other. Climbing out of the boat, Joe waved his tail slightly. He popped his boat and dropped it into his inventory. 

 Joe paddled around, " Is it weird that my shirt is not getting wet and my hair isn't either?" he questioned as I shook my head. I explained that it happened with Ren, Mumbo, Grian, and me as well. 

 Watching Joe paddle around was entertaining, he was actually getting used to it very quickly. I suppose it was because he still had all four of his limps. Joe eventually stopped when he felt comfortable with swimming.

 " May I ask why you three of out here swimming? Joe questioned as Mumbo froze up slightly. Grian immediately jumped in with a response, " We're getting the other hermits, and we're sending them to the top of my base. " he told Joe.

 The hermit nodded, " I do believe that I can go underwater, but I deeply do not want to. Ya'll see who ya can find, and I'll report up to Xisuma." he smiled as he fixed his glasses. The hermit swam off with a couple of slaps from his tail.

 " Good job at keeping the secret G." I smiled as he nodded. We continued swimming towards X's base. We eventually ran into some of the other hermits on our travels.

 Stress, who was with Wels, both comparing their tails. The two headed out to the base when Grian told them the news.

 TFC was next. He was trying to keep his bunker from getting flooded, " Dang world getting ruined by a bunch of water.... 'm just lucky that I had those sponges downstairs as a precaution for a probable end." he sighed as he shook his tail and scratched his small tusk that poked out of his upper lip.

 The last three we found was Tango, Impulse, and Zedaph. Well, we found Tango mainly because Impulse was inside his base comforting Zedaph. Tango was a sea lion now, and he was slightly annoyed with the mild jab at him being part lion. 

 " Well, at least we found all those who were online." Mumbo smiled as we finally reached X's base. The home of the admin looked roughly the same, but it was still heavily flooded. Mumbo swam to the top and looked around before coming back down.

 Mumbo crossed his arms, " There isn't anything up there. I assume that X's cryptic clue comes from down there." he looked down and gulped. The two of us both nodded. We swam down towards the deeper part of the base.